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Brake Problems: Booster or check valve? 200 1982

posted by  someone claiming to be Al 260Z on  Thu Dec 4 13:29 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Yes, classic! Definitely the booster unit, not the check valve.

Plug the vacuum line until you can get a booster replacement. Your brake pedal will be hard, but you won't have a massive vacuum leak. I'm driving my 260Z like that currently and have gotten used to it, but sooner or later I'll fix the booster. You've don't have reduced braking -- you just have to push harder.

Dunno about alternative vendors. Maybe some other folks will pipe up.

You're call on the master cylinder. I'd expect a master cylinder to go 10-20 years if brake fluid is changed every 2 years.

Later,
Al





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